Dodgers announce Tommy Lasorda gnome giveaway next season

The Los Angeles Dodgers have released their 2015 promotional schedule, and among the various Hello Kitty and bobblehead giveaways is an item of great value that will surely be coveted by all baseball fans: A Tommy Lasorda garden gnome.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have released their 2015 promotional schedule, and among the various Hello Kitty and bobblehead giveaways is an item to be coveted by all baseball fans: A Tommy Lasorda garden gnome.

Those who arrive early enough for the teams May 25 game against the Atlanta Braves will receive the collectible figurine of the beloved longtime Dodgers coach, which will ward off all sorts of unwanted creatures from your garden.

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The gnome is clearly the prize of the teams 2015 giveaway slate, but the Eric Gagne collectible pin being handed out on Sept. 14 is definitely second.

- Brendan Maloy